Re: MIF export
Filter results page, Report output, Export Data, Export type: MIF
That's the MapInfo interchange format - and I mean as square tiles, not points!
A report with just a single column, the Sample Spatial Reference, actually contains enough data to make this file which can then be used to deliver tiled species data in a GIS format (mifs can be converted to other formats - you can actually import them into Recorder too)
This would avoid the errors associated with bunging distribution dots in the bottom left-hand corners of grid squares (like the mapping utility in Recorder does)
The data needed is the Easting and Northing (obtained from GR); the length of the GR text string determines the size of the rectangular tile which is to be drawn (e.g. 100m square for 6 figure grid reference).
The accompanying MID file (which contains the textual data) is easily derived from the filter results table.
An additional level of sophistication could be added by causing the export to produce different mifs for different tile sizes - this would add to the display capabilities in Recorder's mapping function - for example a scheme organiser could produce a single species map comprising 10Km squares in red and 1Km squares in yellow and 100m squares in green - just like the NBN Gateway
This is actually a very simple export and adds a huge amount to the functionality of the application.
